PAID 112 Sections 01 & 13 - Reed (Spring 2025)
North America as Reflected in the Arts, 1850-1950
Introduction
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Virtual Sources: Background Information
- Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
Provides full text online access to the complete 250-plus volumes of Cambridge Histories reference series. Provides political, economic and social history, philosophy and literature of selected countries and subjects. Use the lower "Search Cambridge Histories" search box to find Luther-held content. - Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
An online collection of over 600 full-text reference works, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and more. - Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
A collection of over 3,000 reference works, covering all disciplines. - Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
This online source provides access to subject and language reference works from Oxford University Press. In addition to text, access is provided to maps and illustrations, timelines, web sites, and bibliographies.
Historical Context: Background Information
Encyclopedia of the Jazz Age by Call Number: Ref E784 .E53 2008 v.1-2
The Great Depression in America by Call Number: Ref E169.1 .Y595 2007 v.1-2
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance by Call Number: Ref NX512.3.A35 E53 2004 v.1-2
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present by Call Number: Ref E185 .E5453 2009ebook also available
Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture (e-book)Call Number: Ref F1210 .E63 1997 v.1-2Historical in scope, the 500-plus entries are arranged alphabetically. A selective bibliography, emphasizing English sources, is part of each entry.
Immigration and Immigrant Communities (1790-2016) by Call Number: Ref JV6450 .I5597 2017ISBN: 9781682172858
Art, Dance and Theatre Context: Background Information
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre by Call Number: Ref PN2220 .B6 2004
The Oxford Dictionary of Dance by Link leads to ebook for 2010 edition. Print version available for 2000 edition: Ref GV1585 .C78 2000
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and HistoryCall Number: Ref E185 .E54 2006 vols 1-6 (also online)
Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History by Call Number: Ref E169.1 .E624 2001ISBN: 9780684805610
Vaudeville, Old and New by Call Number: Ref PN1968.U5 C85 2007 v.1-2
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (e-book)Call Number: Ref F1406 .E53 2008 v.1-6
Musical Context: Background Information
Blacks in Blackface by Call Number: Ref ML1711 .S25 2014 v.1-2
The Cambridge History of American Music by Call Number: Main Stacks ML200 .C36 1998
The Grove Dictionary of American Music by Call Number: Ref ML101.U6 N48 2013
Recommended Article Databases: Evidence & Argument
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A full-text collection of over 3,400 major scholarly journals and over 100,000 scholarly monographs. The digitized archive includes the first issue published for each journal (some are from 1665 to the present); but excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years for most journals. - Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
An excellent starting point for research across a broad stretch of academic subjects with thousands of full-text journals and abstracted and indexed journals. This database is sourced with PDF images for the great majority of journals; many of these PDFs are native (searchable) or scanned-in-color. - Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full text access is available to over 380 journals and over 13,000 scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences. Managed by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Coverage from 1993 - present. - America: History & Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Indexes scholarly journal articles, books, and dissertations in the history of U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present.
- Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Subjects: history of the world from 1450 to present excluding the U.S. and Canada. Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, and dissertations published 1955 – present.
Online Sources: Evidence and Argument
Primary Source Collections: Evidence
The Great American Mosaic by Call Number: Ref E184.A1 G826 2014
Our Documents by Call Number: Ref E173 .U62 2003- Documents of American History byCall Number: Ref E173 .C7 1988
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